Madeleine St John was born in Sydney but lived for many years in
London. The Essence of the Thing was shortlisted for the Booker
Prize. Madeleine St John died in 2006.

Promotional Information

* A lost Australian classic, from the Booker shortlisted author,
Madelaine St John

About the Author

Madeleine St John was born in Sydney. She graduated from Sydney
University in 1963 and lived in London for most of the succeeding
years, until her death in 2006. The Women in Black is her first
novel. She also wroteA Pure Clear Light (1996), The Essence of the
Thing (1997), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and
Stairway to Paradise (1999).

Reviews

The book I most often give as a gift to cheer people up -- Hilary
Mantel * Guardian *
A delicious book. Funny and happy, it's like the breath of youth
again -- Jane Gardam
This wry debut...focuses on the loneliness and ennui of three
department store employees. These women, identically attired in
black dresses that serve as uniforms, work in the Ladies' Frocks
Department at Goode's, a store in Sydney, Australia. Each suffers
from long-standing unhappiness revolving one way or another around
the opposite sex...During the frenzied Christmas shopping season,
each saleswoman indirectly confronts her problem and attains
contentment * Publishers Weekly *

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